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Subject: Re: [soa-rm-ra] "Intelligent agent" technology staging a comeback
Joe: As you noted, that article is quite old. In fact, General Magic went bust not long after that article! I think that agents have gone mainstream, and noone has noticed! (Which is a good thing in my estimation) As for intelligent agent, I am a little distrustful of the term. (I say that as someone who has spent a lot of time developing technologies for intelligent systems) I would prefer terms such as smart, effective, etc. I.e., technologies quietly doing their thing without getting in anyone's face. On the other hand, there are some ideas that are currently very much in the philosophy stage that I believe are critical to the long term goal of genuine interoperability across ownership boundaries. I.e., ideas that will make it simpler for 'my system to effectively collaborate with your system'. I am reminded of what someone (may have been Edison) said: "Engineers tend to over-estimate the short-term effect of their work, and under-estimate the long-term effects." Frank On Mar 2, 2006, at 12:48 PM, Chiusano Joseph wrote: > Regarding our discussion of agents on our call yesterday: > > I found the following CNET article[1] to be very interesting - > don't be fooled by the headline, it's from late 1999 and discusses > HP's E-speak at length. So it's outdated, but potentially informative. > > Joe > > [1] http://news.com.com/Intelligent+agent+technology+staging+a > +comeback/2100-1023_3-232110.html?tag=sas.email > > Joseph Chiusano > Associate > Booz Allen Hamilton > > 700 13th St. NW, Suite 1100 > Washington, DC 20005 > O: 202-508-6514 > C: 202-251-0731 > Visit us online@ http://www.boozallen.com >
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